Oklahoma Social Studies 6.C.3.6.B
The Standard
- 6.C.3
- Identify the characteristics, distribution, and demographic patterns of human populations and systems of the Western Hemisphere.
- 6.C.3.6
- Describe the cultural interactions between American Indian cultures and European settlers which impacted the heritage and history of major regions of the Western Hemisphere.
Describe the impact of English and French settlement of North America on cultural characteristics such as language, customs, and principles of self-government.
Oklahoma Academic Standards for Social Studies (2026) · 6.C.3.6
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students locate English and French settlement areas on a map. They explain how settlement shaped language, customs, and colonial government, using examples from Virginia and Quebec.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student links English settlement in Virginia to English language and an elected colonial assembly. They link French settlement in Quebec to French language, Catholic parish life, and rule by royal officials. They know that many people could not vote in colonial elections.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may think an elected assembly meant everyone could vote. They may assume French colonies had the same assemblies as English colonies. They may think French language disappeared from Quebec after British rule.
How to Assess It
- Exit ticket: For Quebec and Virginia, name the colonial power that settled each, one language or custom it shaped, and one difference in colonial government.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs a map and six cards: Quebec, Virginia, French language, English language, French royal governor, Virginia elected assembly; have them match.
Have students write two sentences on who could vote for Virginia's colonial assembly and who could not.
Play a card sort matching French-speaking Quebec, English-speaking Virginia, Catholic parishes, and elected assemblies to colonial settlement areas.
Show a French-language Quebec street sign and a Virginia county election ballot; ask students to trace each connection to colonial settlement.
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